Call me...out of ideas

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Chin-ling Hu.

This can happen. It's only a matter of time before Ned Colletti figures out that he can sabotage the archrivals to the north by dumping his prospects on them, thereby blocking the Giants from acquiring the savvy veterans that are the key to baseball success.

I just hope Sabean doesn't figure out some way to foil his fiendish plan.

Steven Pearce was my white whale this year as well until I realized that the Pirates converted him to OF.  My guess is the Pirates will hang on to him.

I guess my white whale that the Giants could realistically acquire would have to be Yunel Escobar.  I love his swing and though it would be hard to pry him from the Braves, they do have a pretty stacked IF with Kelly Johnson, C Jones, Renteria and Lillibridge coming up.  

The Braves will defenitely be looking to upgrade their pitching staff and OF next year with A Jones leaving and lord knows we have plenty of pitching and young OFs.  I'd like Lillibridge too but Escobar is defenitely my white whale.

Keith Law mentioned Pearce in his chat today...followed by "he's nothing special" or something like that...

just sayin'...

Scott Olsen. Yeah, he sucked this year but:

1. He averaged nearly a strikeout an inning in his first 200 big league innings with good control (over 2 K/BB)
2. He's left-handed, 23 years old and only 2 years of service time.
3. He had a whole mess of problems this year so his stock dropped in a big way.

He's younger than Lowry and more talented but doesn't have that shiny ERA. Another guy is Rick VandenHuk, a 22-year old righty with the Marlins. He's 22 and has averaged a strikeout an inning during 17 starts with the big club this season. Has major trouble finding the plate (5.33 BB/9!) but he's only 22. Carlos Quentin obviously qualifies due to the foolish extension Moorad decided to give Eric Byrnes.

Jordan Cassidy Brown

Akron Aeros (1B/OF)

Jordan Brown is an example of a guy we could actually pry away. He just graduated AA and he's not built like a monster truck, making him less likely to garner attention as a 1B prospect. Unfortunately he screwed things up a little by winning the Eastern League batting title! Still, he's blocked by Indians' cornerstone (who is built like a monster truck) Travis Hafner and Ryan Garko.

He's on the older side at 23, but he hasn't been held back at any level.

2006, Carolina (A) - .836 OPS
2007, Akron (AA) - .905 OPS

Good discipline, could develop HR power, but should be solid doubles-type for our ballpark.

p.s: Jed Lowrie would be a nice add if we could get him. Unfortunately he rebounded this year and seems bound for the show as a Red Sock.

My white whale would be Terry Ryan, ex-GM of the Minnesota Twins who just left his post there. Wouldn't he be a nice replacement for Brian Sabean?

The whole point to the white whale is that it's unobtainable. There's also hate and destrucitve tendencies involved. If the Giants were to try and 'land' such a player, which due to the nature of the universe they can't, they'd destroy the franchise trying. Sounds suspiciously like the whole disastrous pursuit for Barry Bonds home run record eh? Maybe they should rename the stadium the Pequod?
  As a future White Whale why not Johan Santana? Zito should come around late next season with the Giants in the cellar. We ship Zito off to a desparate-for-starting-pitching-depleted Yankees, who have always thought highly of Barry Zito. Don't ask why.
With the money saved we sign Santana when he becomes available in 2009. (You notice I'm already holding my nose and looking beyond 2008?)

 

Lighten up guys - unless you think Bonds home run chase wasn't destructive to the team. Now that's crazy!

Of course the team wouldn't make the playoffs - just that the mess wouldn't be obscured in all the hoopla. Maybe Sabean would not have been rehired!
Like a glossy paint job and a garden party while the termites are eating the building apart from the inside.
As for the record - that may yet turn sour. We've got the ball set for God knows what fate - fired off into space? We've got an unforgiving prosecutor - we've got George Mitchell - Pyrrhic Victory seems still possible.
But Bonds shots were still fun, I admit.

EDWIN ENCARNACION!!!
he is batting something like .290 with 14 home runs as the reds everyday third baseman and hes only 24 years old
i know angel villalona is really good and all but i've heard he might have to make the move to first base despite his strong arm (he made 18 errors in 52 games while in rookie ball)

Plus the reds are in need of some pitching
like a lot of pitching

I think you'll find that I've been on the Carlos Pena bandwagon for years - I must have started at least 3-4 diaries on getting. That's not happening now.

My current white whale is Josh Fieldes - I think he could be our 3b for a few years. I'd love to pick through the Tampa surplus, but I don't know if Sabean has the capacity to not get snookered.

He had a good year for Tampa Bay's AAA squad this season, striking out 145 in 128 IP with a 3.38 ERA against 34 walks and 16 HR. Only problems are:

1. Tampa has too many starters as it is, and the Giants don't have a ton of position prospects worth anything.
2. Lowry needs a good ballpark/defense/both to succeed. His sparkly ERA would usually obscure this, except...
3. Andrew Friedman is their G.M. He's young and appears to be relatively bright, so he knows how to use a computer and probably grasps the fact Tampa's historically bad defense won't help out Lowry much.